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is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 36,287. North Brunswick was named for neighboring New Brunswick, New Jersey, which in turn was named after the German city of Braunschweig (formerly translated in English as
North Brunswick was first mentioned in Middlesex Freeholder Board minutes of February 28, 1779. North Brunswick Township, covering the area "Northward of New Brunswick" was incorporated as one of New Jersey's initial 104 townships by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798. Portions of the township have been taken from East Brunswick Township (February 28, 1860), and Milltown (January 29, 1889).